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Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Thien's first memory isn't a sight or a sound. It's the sweetness of watermelon and the saltiness of fish. It's the taste of the foods he ate while adrift at sea as his family fled Vietnam. After the Pham family arrives at a refugee camp in Thailand, they struggle to survive. Things don't get much easier once they resettle in California. And through each chapter of their lives, food takes on a new meaning. Strawberries come to signify struggle as...
Publisher
Gramercy Books
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
Alphabetical sections include individual listings for every important strip in the history of newspaper comics. A 64 page full-color section is devoted to the finest Sunday color comics, highlighting many rare pages from the earliest days of the medium.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"Roz Chast illustrates her own dream world, a place that is sometimes creepy, but always hilarious, accompanied by an illustrated tour through Dream Theory Land guided by insights from poets, philosophers, and psychoanalysts alike."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Gemstone
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Since 1970, The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide has been known as "the Bible" of comic book dealers, collectors and historians. In addition to all the new prices, market reports, and Overstreet Hall of Fame inductees, this edition features a 60th anniversary look at Marvel's Avengers and insights into DC's decades of Justice League/Justice Society crossovers. Avengers cover by Kevin Nowlan." --
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"For the past 20 years, Pearls Before Swine has been one of the most popular and consistently hilarious comic strips in newspapers. This treasury packs in 18 months' worth of daily comic strips from 2018-2019, including an introduction, essay, and special commentary by the author." --
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Collects Marvel's Voices: Community (2021) #1, Marvel's Voices: Community (2022) #1, Reptil (2021) #1. Join the festivities as we celebrate the mighty Latin/X heroes and creators from all corners of the Marvel Universe! Spider-Man! White Tiger! America Chavez! Ghost Rider! Araña! Nova! Shark-Girl! Reptil! And so many more costumed adventurers get their moment in the sun as new and fan-favorite writers and artists continue to expand the world outside...
Author
Series
Locke and key volume 2
Publisher
IDW
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Welcome to Lovecraft, return with the next chapter in the ongoing tale, Head Games. Following a shocking death that dredges up memories of their father's murder, Kinsey and Tyler Locke are thrown into choppy emotional waters, and turn to their new friend, Zack Wells, for support, little suspecting Zack's dark secret. Meanwhile, six-year-old Bode Locke tries to puzzle out the secret of the head key, and Uncle Duncan is jarred into the past by a disturbingly...
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
This collection includes the highly entertaining escapades of best friends Kevin and Miles, whose curiosity and sense of mischief will be relatable to today's kids while reminding adults of their own childhood misadventures. Join the pair as they navigate school crushes, sibling rivalries, snowball fights, and a whole series of questionable decisions that make for a hilarious and heartwarming reading experience.
Author
Publisher
Mallard Press
Pub. Date
1991.
Language
English
Description
Covers, interior pages, and panel enlargements help to capture the fun and excitement that have made comic books a publishing phenomenon since the early 1930s. Illuminating essays provide added insight into the comic book industry's most notable creative personalities, favourite characters, and ususual types of comics.
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A comprehensive history of anti-black racism in graphic-novel format focuses on the lives of five major players in American history and highlights the debates that took place between assimilationists and segregationists and between racists and anti-racists.
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Stephan Pastis is no ordinary cartoonist. In his two decades of writing and illustrating the blockbuster daily comic strip Pearls Before Swine, the award-winning humorist has traveled the globe, co-written a film for Disney+, and authored several hit book series, but always stopped short of total enlightenment--until now! Throughout the 256 pages of this treasury, Pastis provides commentary on each and every comic strip, along with photos, behind-the-scenes...
Author
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
[2023].
Language
English
Description
The world knows Junkyard Joe from the comic strip by recently retired cartoonist Muddy Davis, but the truth stretches back to the Vietnam War. It was there that the tragedies of combat and visions of a strange robot solider that saved his life still haunt him. However, dreams become reality when Joe mysteriously shows up on Muddy's doorstep, warning us of a new and impending war.
17) Kingdom riders
Author
Publisher
IDW Publishing
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Kayla is a young peasant who care little about the world outside her village...until her best friend, Mal, finds herself in some serious trouble and the only way Kayla can save her friend is by entering the Kingdom Races...and winning. With control of the entire kingdom at stake, Kayla is thrust into a mission rife with political intrigue and lurking danger. Follow Kayla as she adventures into the wider world while putting her own life on the line...
18) Eat the rich
Author
Publisher
BOOM! Studios
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"When the rich and powerful are literal cannibals, how can regular people avoid being on the menu? WELCOME TO CRESTFALL BLUFFS! With law school and her whole life ahead of her, Joey plans to spend the summer with her boyfriend Astor at his seemingly perfect family home. But beneath all the affluent perfection lies a dark, deadly rot... something all the locals live in quiet fear of. As summer lingers, Joey uncovers the macabre history of Crestfall...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Lucia Castillo dreams of being a hero like her grandfather. But to the people in their Texas town, he was just a strange old man who dressed up as a knight and claimed to save the world from monsters only he could see. Now years later, when Lucia and her best friend--and trusty squire--Sandro discover the town mayor is secretly a shapeshifting beast of Mexican lore, her parents think she's imagining things like her "Abuelo Loco." Only Lucia, wearing...
20) Hellions: Vol. 3
Author
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
There's no need to worry! Mister Sinister, the sadistic puppeteer of the Hellions, is just fine! Right? Eh, not really. Sinister's menacing clone is on his way to Krakoa to reclaim the cape - and destroy the Hellions in the process! Tarn the Uncaring and his murderous Locus Vile are also out for vengeance on both Sinister and the Hellions! This could get ugly. But never fear, the mutants you love to hate are ready for the ultimate rematch! Well...sort...